Boulder bEAT: All Treat and No Trick makes Jack a Full Boy

As I made the final strides through my neighborhood and toward my door on Halloween’s eve, something smacked me square in the face. Eyes bugged, I was then carried nose-ward, a cartoon character afloat an olfactory wave wafting from Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery this time…instead of the usual China Gourmet (another temptation altogether).

I was somewhat prepared for this new smell on the street, just returning from a preemptive run in anticipation of this new spot’s Halloween-themed Sneak N Peek, its soft opening a week in advance of the official launch next Tuesday, November 6th.

Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery Chef, Jen Bush

The parking lot was abuzz with eager tasters, who, according to Chef Jen Bush, had been lining up and shuffling through since the doors cracked open for the first time. I kept my plate to three treats: toffee, brownie and cookie.

Don’t you worry, ice cream, I’ll be back for you soon enough.

The toffee piece, cleverly built on a saltine cracker base, didn’t have a prayer of making it home. Turns out, neither did the perfectly dense caramel and salt brownie I told myself I was bringing back for my fiancé.

About The Author

Heather B. Fried has been writing and editing professionally since receiving her journalism degree in 2005. She lives to eat and loves profiling businesses almost as much. Residing in Boulder, Colo., Fried can be found on the slopes, amid the trees or otherwise outside somewhere when she’s not at her desk, flexing her grammarian authority. You can reach her at fried.heather@gmail.com.